Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus in tonsillar cultures of adults with acute pharyngotonsillitis

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 594-600

  Hotomi, Muneki ^a   Kono, Masamitsu ^a   Togawa, Akihisa ^a   Arai, Jun ^a   Takei, Shin ^a   Ikeda, Yorihiko ^a   Ogami, Masashi ^a   Murphy, Timothy F ^b   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pharyngotonsillitis; Clonal dissemination; Haemophilus haemolyticus; Haemophilus influenzae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFDINIR; CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA 16S; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ACUTE PHARYNGOTONSILLITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOIDS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 77952741683     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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